Jawi

A colleague asked me to lend her a hand on extracting some content from newspaper cuttings and so I helped.


There were lots of newspaper cutting from various newspapers in English and Malay. Then I began to work industriously [ha!] until I stumbled on a piece of paper..written in jawi.


When I was in standard three, I pleaded to my mom to enroll me into sekolah agama because I want to go together with my crush that time [dajah 3 pon dah gatal]. So I learned jawi there. And when I was in form three, one of my ustazah made us wrote in jawi. If we did write that on the exam paper, she would gave us extra 5 marks, which naturally I didn't. Not because I didn't know how but because I simply refused to listen to instructions. Hehehe.


But yesterday, while I was trying to infer what was written on the paper..i was like..menggelupur.WTF? Merangkak-rangkak ok..Bongok gile. And you know what? I felt guilty after that. Sebab artikel tu macam panjang, so I skipped it. It's been ages since I practice any jawi writing or reading. Bad..bad..


I think everyone should know how to read and write their mother's tongue no matter what race you are. Although jawi or Arabic is not mine tapi I felt guilty sebab dah macam gagal baca jawi dengan lancar, terasa macam menderhaka [macam tak make sense, tapi takpe]. Maybe I should revise my jawi back.


Sorry ye ustazah Zarina. Nanti saya belajar balik, tapi janji jangan suruh diri atas krusi.